HIITCAST

I was fortunate enough to interview Jimikaye Courtney, MS at this year's ACSM annual meeting and speak with her about the research she conducted and presented on parental involvement and other factors that lead toward physical activity behaviors changes in children ... or in other words: How to get your kids to exercise! 

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I am joined by my long-time friends from the ACSM Northwest Chapter: Dr. Katie Taylor, Annika Vähk, and my newest friend Emily Dunston! Recorded from the Minneapolis Convention Center during the ACSM 2018 Annual Meeting, I ask them about the research they're presenting, what they've been up to, and the future work coming out of their labs!

 

Annika tells us about her research in skin fold accuracy, and her current work in sports nutrition and college athletes with metabolic syndrome.

 

Dr. Taylor tells us about her work in exercise and cardiovascular disease, as well as exercise and irritable bowel disorders. ...Plus, we talk about the value of walking and avoiding long bouts of sitting! It's bad for you, don't do it! Walk around even for a few minutes every now and then while you're at work!

Have you ever wondered how marijuana effects exercise?

Should an athlete get busted for it being in their system? Does it add any physiological value to your exercise performance that should make it a banned substance, enough to consider it "cheating"? What about isolating CBD for recovery and therapeutic benefit?

 

In this episode, I am joined by my good friend Dr. Laura Stewart ([email protected]) from the University of Northern Colorado and currently the RMACSM past-president, to discuss her pioneering research over the past few years in the physiological effect of cannabis and exercise performance, outcomes, and recovery!

In this researcher interview, I sit down with Mel Beale from CSU to discuss her research on the correlation between increased exercise and a healthier microbiome!

After the Regional American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting for the Rocky Mountain chapter, I met with some amazing and influential researchers in Colorado and Wyoming.

 

Today, I'm joined by Margaret Harris, PhD, MS, HC, Associate Professor and Sports Nutrition Program Coordinator for the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She shares her expertise on supplements and herbs, and teaches us her top picks for health and exercise outcomes, as well as important resources for you to explore supplement quality!

 

https://www.consumerlab.com/

https://examine.com/

https://naturalmedicines.therapeuticresearch.com/

http://abc.herbalgram.org/

By popular demand, Adam and I talk about the pros and cons of a vegan diet for exercise performance. We also spend a ridiculous amount of time breaking down a recent article that was sent to me: "12 fitness myths that are damaging your workout" addressing which myths are really myths, and which ones the author got wrong.

 

Here's the link to the PAGAC 2008 Report I referenced in the podcast: https://health.gov/paguidelines/pdf/paguide.pdf

 

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The biggest group interview we've had yet, I'm joined by Lissy Largin, the owner and founder of Salty Viking, Byron Fenn, a good friend and former student of mine, JJ Miller, another good friend, fan of the show, and nutrition and supplement QA mastermind, my old buddy Kirkham, and Frida Moses, state, national and world salsa dance champ!

 

We address common questions about supplements, supplement regulation and inflammation. Frida tells us what it's like training and competing as a salsa world champ, and some of the common diet and fitness struggles of dancers who are committed to traditional practices versus embracing new exercise and sport science. And Lissy shares the history of Salty Viking!

 

Go to www.saltyvikingminerals.com and buy up a ton of stuff! It will spoil you and change how you recover from intense exercise! This stuff is amazing!

 

Watch Frida be awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pi-3SsMLMI

 

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WHY DO YOU EXERCISE? In this episode, I sit down with local Denver fitness professional Ksusha Kandra, MS. She shares with us her insights on body image and how social media influences our perceptions and motivations to be physically active, challenging what's really important.

We talk about simplicity in the gym versus the trendiness of always doing the coolest movement, and she shares with us some of her nutrition rules that keep her in tip-top shape!

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Adam and I are back, and we tackle a major bro-science problem with viral health blogs circulating facebook, which after some digging turned out to be a misrepresentation on the original source material.

 

Then, we turn our attention to the recently released "official statement regarding energy drinks" from the ACSM!

Here's the ACSM article, titled: Energy drinks: A contemporary issues paper

 

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aaaaaaand WE'RE BACK! HIITCAST has been reorganizing our podcasting schedule in 2018, but we're back and with a great interview for you!

 

While out of town, I was able to visit the campus of Dixie State University in St. George, UT, and speak with 2 exercise science students who are fans of the podcast! We talked about their current research on softball swing kinematics toward predicting homerun patterns, and how becoming researchers has improved their ability to read other research studies. We talk about the value of reading scholarly articles, and WHY YOU SHOULD READ RESEARCH ARTICLES and invest the extra time and effort in that over the quick and easy google hits on your health and fitness questions!